Spring bed or seat-bottom.



No. 699,298. Patented Mayfi, I902.

w. EYSTEB.

SPRING BED DR SEAT BOTTOM.

(Application filed July 19, 1901.)

(NO Model.) I

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SPRING BED OR SEAT-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,298, dated May 6, 1902. Application filed July 19, 1901. Serial No. 68,911. (No model.)

To aZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM EYSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, county of Ashland, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Beds or Seat-Bottoms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in spring beds and seat-bottoms designed for use in connection with beds, lounges, chairs, and articles of like nature.

The object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the parts may be manufactured and shipped in any desired quantities and may be assembled at any suitable point without the use of expensive wireworking machinery and skilled labor.

A further object is to provide a firm and secure means for holding the springs against displacement, while avoiding any projecting ends which are liable to become loosened or to damage the bed clothing or covering.

A still further object is to provide a construction which is noiseless in use.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a sectional detail. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating a modified form of retainingstrip.

Referring to the figures by letter, A A represent the upper and lower frames, which are of the usual or any desired form suitable for the purpose intended.

B B represent the springs,which are shown as of the ordinary hour-glass form, though I do not confine myself to this particular form. In order to support the springs, I provide a plurality of supporting-rods O or wires,-which extend from end to end and from side to side of the frames across the centers of the rows of springs, the ends of these rods being bent around the frames to hold them thereto. In order to secure the springs to the supportingrods and the adjoining springs to each other, I have devised the improved tie-strip, (shown at D,) which consists of a strip of metal having \l-shaped bends (Z near each end. The walls of these V-shaped bends are perforated, and the tie-strip is of such length that the top coils of the two adjoining springs will rest in the apices of the bends when the strips are applied thereto. When all of the strips are applied to any one row of springs, the supporting rods are threaded through the openings or perforations above the body portion of the strips, but underneath the upper coils of the springs and above the lower coils, as shown. In order to secure the outer rows of springs to the sides and ends of the frame, I use a half-clip, as shown, one end of which is connected in the manner just stated to the outer coil of the spring, while the outer end of the strip is bent around the frame, and the tie-rod being bent around the strip holds it securely in position.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the strips with bifurcated bends to provide the openings for the passage of the supporting-rods; but instead of this I may simply make round openings, as shown in Fig. 3. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a frame and a plurality of springs arranged in rows, of a plurality of tie-strips of sheet metal having bends forming seats at their ends, the coils of adjoining springs being rested in said seats, said strips having openings in the bent portions, and straight wires or rods threaded through said openings and holding the coils in the seats or bends, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a frame'and a plurality of springs arranged in rows, of a plurality of tie-strips of sheet metal each having \l-shaped bends at its ends engaging the coils of two adjacent springs, said strips having slots formed in said bent portions from the apex of the V inward, and straight wires or rods threaded through said slots for holding the springs in the bends, substantially as described. v

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, WILLIAM EYSTER.

\Vitnesses:

OLoYD MANSFIELD, CHARLES C. CHAPMAN. 

